Christmas is a season that invites us to become aware of all that life has to celebrate and expand our sense of gratitude. Denise Jarvie shares insights on sacred geometry and how the symbol of the Flower of Life will support you to open your heart to unconditional love and gratitude.
When I set about on my path of healing my life, I yearned for a tool I could connect with every day for inspiration and comfort. This “asking” led to the creation of The Flower of Life card deck. When I connect with the Flower of Life symbol, it tingles at my third eye and my heart prompting a combination of my heart and mind that creates intuitive wisdom. Within this intuitive wisdom is the voice of my higher self also known as Astar and this is where the words flowed from that are on the cards.
The Flower of Life is a symbol that represents the process of creation. It is made up of overlapping circles that are an outward expression of the first circle. Just like ideas drop into our mind that have us creating something new in our lives, something stirred within the consciousness of the first circle that sparked it to become more. It has been found throughout many civilizations, cultures, philosophies and religions. It is said to be about 6000 years old, but no one really knows.
The Flower of Life is also known as a symbol of sacred geometry. This means that contained within it are perfect mathematical equations that point and prompt us in the way of creation. We don’t have to know what these equations are; we just have to connect with the symbol if it feels right to do so. This focus will take you on a journey to the centre of your deepest self and back out into the world with an expanded feeling of who you are. You and the Universe are one; there is no difference between the inner and the outer and to truly know the self, is to know the nature of everything.
To me, the Flower of Life symbol is a geometric metaphor for the unfolding process of nature. The images on the cards are the way that the flower of life manifests in our physical world. Nature is unconditional love, what does that mean? It means it holds no judgement about anything, it allows and accepts, knowing all occurs to bring balance where potential can be fulfilled. Nature in its universal wisdom also knows being out of balance is needed for evolution and expansion so that balance and realisation can occur.
The beautiful images reflect the energy of nature, it does not need anything from you and creates a space where you can find your way back to full alignment with you, in other words, be in unconditional love. From this place you can create whatever you desire, you can unfold and blossom your flower of life. Your capacity to love, create and fulfil your potential will expand, inspiring others to create their hearts desires. This heals and helps others more than you can imagine. I share my work as a way to assist all to find their truth, for us all to feel empowered by our creative nature.
Leading up to Christmas and the new year, you may be looking for ways to keep healthy and look after your body. We recently spoke to Kate Clements who shares her experience with the wonderful movement of Biodanza and how it has brought much gratitude into her life.
‘Latin aerobics’ – that’s how Biodanza was first described to me. A pretty inadequate description of the rich system that is Biodanza but hey, it got me to the first session.
When I was little I had a fantasy of being in a big hall and dancing around freely and happily. I was always mad for dancing – Irish, jazz, contemporary, flamenco or just on the road outside our home to my own song in the rain, I had always danced. From early on I got that I wasn’t cut out to be a ballerina. I wasn’t skinny and I didn’t like just repeating the same thing again and again but that thankfully that didn’t stop me dancing. I just kept dance as a hobby and closed the doors on having a profession that involved dance, or so I thought.
Until along came that innocent little invitation to a latin aerobics class.
At the time that this happened I was 29 and living in Johannesburg working in a not for profit organisation on environmental issues. And I desperately wanted change. Change in my life, change in my feelings and change in what I saw around me, in the world at large I guess. Talking and writing about social change had become empty for me. I wanted to get out of the office and experience ‘real’ change, with real people – directly. I had been through some pretty tough personal experiences and during my healing after these, I concluded that positive change in a person, a community, a society could not come only from external systemic change. It needed internal personal realisation and I wanted to find out how I could start doing this for my work.
So when I heard Carolina, my Biodanza facilitator, announce that the first course of facilitator training was opening in South Africa – I felt it was time to leap. And I did, and twirl and spin and fly and embrace and roll and flow my way through the next three years of Biodanza training. Wow, what a glorious ride it was, a blessing that arrived just at the moment I was ready for it. A ride that eventually took me to all manner of places all over South Africa – little villages, township clinics, government departments, fancy hotels with CEOs and their teams. All the while sharing the dance of life and getting people more connected to life, themselves and each other.
It was deeply moving, challenging and marvellous. I had found a calling that I loved it and I got to dance and contribute to people finding more joy, more health, more fulfillment in life.
A heart call of a different kind – love, eventually brought me back to Australia. For the past 3 and a bit years I have been living together with my wonderful life partner Claudio, rebuilding a life in Australia with the support of my family and many friends and co-directing the Biodanza School of Australia with Catherine Borgeaud.
It’s been a humbling and deep experience for me to be part of the beginnings of Biodanza here in in Sydney and Australia. To go from only 2-3 people in a class to substantial numbers of people in classes up to 3 times a week plus tending to the training of a new generation of facilitators. It has really shown me how life grows and so does Biodanza, organically as the environment and as we are ready.
I’m very motivated to keep working with Biodanza for many years. I’d love to see it really contributing to mental health and well being in Australia and other places close to Australia. In clinics, hospitals, schools, social projects – everywhere that people can do with injections of positive life-affirming energy, which nowadays is actually the case in a lot of places.
I’m also really keen to work with large groups in companies and organisations, moving them (literally) towards being more in touch with strong, vital and compassionate life energy as they go about their work and daily life.
More and more we are craving real connection but do we know how create it? We are well trained at being electronically connected, but what about at being present with ourselves and each other? We need to practice this for it to develop and actualise in our everyday experience. Biodanza is a well-grounded system able to offer this practice in different environments.
I feel an enormous gratitude for everything Biodanza has brought into my life including bringing me into contact with the feeling of life as an amazing dance, continuously unfolding around and within me. If the chance to do Biodanza does happen to come across your path, I invite you to take notice; our destiny has a way of finding us, sometimes in disguise.
How does Biodanza work?
Biodanza is done in 90-120 minute sessions on a regular basis, weekly where possible, in a group. Participants are invited to a series of dances and exercises that combine the power of music, movement and feeling. This powerful combination results in biochemical changes in your system and initiates experiences of optimism, acceptance, presence and connectivity. This lays strong foundations for new patterns to develop.
For more information about Biodanza such as the origin of Biodanza, its popularity and its many benefits, please visit www.Biodanza.com.au.
If you are ready for a Biodanza experience, you can also find a class near you on the website or send an email to kate@biodanza.com.au
The holidays are fast approaching and in the season of celebration, here are some tasty and healthy Christmas drinks that you may want to try over the festive season.
Now you can fully enjoy your holidays without feeling guilty or declaring that you are going to hit the gym hard when January the 2nd comes!
Vegan Eggnog
Ingredients:
- 2 cups soy milk (original or vanilla flavour)
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup brandy (or not!)
- 2 1/2 teaspoons maple syrup
Directions:
Blend all ingredients together in a pitcher. Serve your delicious vegan eggnog over ice and dress with a sprinkle of nutmeg and a cinnamon stick for the perfect festive touch.
Cranberry Ginger Hot/Cold Toddy
Ingredients:
- 4 pieces of fresh ginger thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
- 1 big handful of fresh or frozen cranberries
- sweetener of choice (e.g. stevia)
- 2 cups water
Directions:
- In a saucepan, boil the water.
- Add the remaining ingredients to taste and boil for 5-10 minutes to allow the flavors to fully come out. Add another handful of cranberries just before serving.
- For Cold Toddy, simply refrigerate this drink or make it more concentrated and serve over ice.
Notes
The ginger can be re-used and boiled many times, save your leftovers. To make more Hot Toddy just add more water, lemon juice and cranberries.
Not only does this drink taste great, but it’s gorgeous in color. Enjoy at home on a quiet night or at Christmas gathering.
Gingerbread Cookie Smoothie
Ingredients:
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 tablespoon of molasses
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon of all spice, or more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla flavour
Directions:
- Blend all the ingredients together in your blender.
- Consider decorating with a Gingerbread cookie on the side.
Enjoy!
Every day we get an opportunity to live a grateful life, so focusing on it over a particular season shouldn’t lead you to think it is only practiced at certain times of the year. However, at these times of goodwill and cheer, we can sometimes find ourselves under stress and feeling “not so grateful”.
Leading up to and over the Christmas period, there will be presents to buy and wrap, people to see, cards to send, food to cook, etc. and we may find this all a little overwhelming.
This time can also be filled with many beautiful moments and making a practice to continue to build our gratitude muscle, will assist you to remain centred and in the moment. It will reduce stress and busy-ness and ultimately, reduce the many distractions that may hold us back from this wonderful time of celebration, of love, joy and happiness.
Below are a few things you may want to revive, or put into your Gratitude tool kit to enable you to stay fully present, open your heart and remaining connected to all that is, so you can experience the gratefulness and appreciation for all is.
- Start the day with your intention
I find, taking the first 10 minutes or so in the morning, to set an intention for the day – sets me up. There is a tendency to convince yourself that you do not have 10 minutes however, we all do ~ and the difference to my productivity, calmness and sense of clarity, means the rest of the day flows.
If you have stopped giving yourself this time, then I highly recommend it.
Once you have this time, fill it with a small meditation, a few deep breaths and/or getting clear on what truly needs to be achieved for the day. That way you know what needs to be prioritized, and what can be either delegated or delayed, and then you have your focus for the day.
- Focus on the Breath
As mentioned above, this could be as simple as taking a few deep breaths, centering yourself and grounding your energy.
Keeping in mind, that you are more productive and aware when you are present, and this investment in time will come back 10-fold.
Or you could consider beginning each morning with a few rounds of Pranyama (a breathing exercise that alternates your breathing) that steadies and calms the mind and body to help eliminate anxiety and stress.
To do this, find a place where you sit comfortably, close yours eyes and then place your index and middle fingers of the right hand between your eyebrows, your ring and little finger on the left nostril, and the thumb on the right nostril.
Pressing the thumb down on the right nostril, breathe out through the left nostril. Do not strain. Breathe in through the left nostril; then press it with the ring finger and little finger. Lift the right thumb and exhale through right nostril.
Inhale through the right side and at the top, press the right nostril closed with your thumb, and breathe out through the left nostril. Inhale through the left, and gently press the left nostril closed with the ring and little fingers, lift the thumb from the right nostril, and breathe out.
Keep moving through the pranayama for nine rounds, breathing in through both nostrils alternately.
- Meditation/Mindfulness
There are so many ways you can meditate, and it truly is a practice that we often forget or avoid when we are busy. If you find it hard to meditate, a guided visualisation could assist. Stepping out into nature and soaking up the sun can also be a peaceful and energizing meditation, for it is a true gift of time, focus and clarity that we can give to ourselves every day.
You can also consider just being mindful of what you are doing, thinking or choosing to focus on, when you are doing your activities throughout the day.
Whatever, type of meditation you decide to do, the key is to ensure you are looking after yourself, and when we do this, our day seems to flow better as we approach the day more grounded and in the present.
- Give to Others
When you live from a place of gratitude, your life is abundant, you get to see all that you have (rather than not) and therefore become more open to look beyond yourself and what you can do for others.
At a time of Christmas, many of us will be blessed with gifts, food and family to celebrate, in a home to wake up from a bed we have slept in, others may not be as fortunate – so what who or what would you like to lend your energy to for this year?
Taking time out to donate food, give to a charity, your time to food kitchens or invite someone you know to enjoy being part of your family celebration.
Even when you are writing you cards, being present and infusing your words with love and intent can have a powerful effect.
All of this extends a sense of good will to others and opens your heart to more joy and love, what you will receive is immeasurable.
- Create a Christmas Gratitude Space
Pick a special place you frequent often, create a specific altar or a windowsill, having a focal point where you create a ritual around gratitude, will assist you to grow and expand into this energy.
We have a wonderful experience around focusing on gratitude for 12 days that will use this concept; we invite you to join us on Facebook from the 13th of December.
For more details, check out our article, Christmas Blessings, Gratitude and the Childlike Wonder of Life
KAren Swain has an intent to use media to empower people and to remind them we are all connected and Love is our only power. Using her show Accentuate the Positive (ATP) she is using media to expand the messages of empowerment, deliberate creation and love and to help change our limiting stories and raise our vibrations.
ATP is also on Soul Traveller Radio a conscious internet radio station 6 times a week and YouTube, iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Listen in and Tune in. All these links can be click here
Below is a radio interview where Deborah Shepherd, Founder of Embrace Life Live Life sharing the background of our Embrace Life festivals.
Maria Cucinotta is a licensed teacher in The Art of Feminine Presence, and this month shares sacred practices which invite women a feeling of coming home to themselves in a deep and practical way, allowing them to really get back in touch with their true Feminine Presence and radiance.
When a woman embodies her feminine essence, her whole life is transformed. She becomes attractive, grounded, and sensual. When she walks into a room, everyone appreciates the glow of her feminine radiance.
Men notice her, including the healthy, loving, masculine ones she desires. She does not need to project a powerful personal persona to attract the respect she wants. A forced sense of masculine power is nothing compared to the ecstasy, empowerment, and effortless magnetism that are released when a woman activates her feminine essence.
To embody this internal power and pleasure, a woman needs to turn on her feminine.
So these practices increase your radiance as a woman and your ability to be seen and heard in a completely empowering way.
And teaching this process has kept me accountable to becoming more present, joyful, radiant, grounded, an emotionally and energetically strong woman.
The feminine essence lives inside of every woman.
We all have a distinct masculine and feminine essence within us, although the balance of masculine and feminine varies from person to person.
When a woman activates her feminine essence, the energy that is in her body around her and she moves differently than when she is in her masculine.
Many women want to make a difference , whether it is in their own lives, the lives of their friends and family, and some want to make a difference by being an example of an inspiring woman who embraces all of who she is, to be really seen and heard.
Are you ready to now to light up your life with the vibrancy of your feminine essence?
Are you ready to light up every room you walk into ?
Learning to relax into all of who we are. To do this we can embody this internal power and learn to balance the masculine and feminine essence in ourselves.
A woman’s personal power and magnetism unfolds when she connects fully with her feminine essence. A magnetic presence and full and open heart.
There is much going on in our world and we are all here to meet the challenges that face us as women and also when we truly step into our presence as women – it also supports the masculine in the men in our lives.
Being a powerful woman also allows us to be vulnerable enough to open out heart and be comfortable with our softness and so we can stop living with a guarded heart .
Another huge effect of being in touch with our feminine presence is that you will get in touch with your “flow” and not having to always constantly push things to happen.
Some women can walk into a room and are noticed instantly. These women have an air of confidence and a magnetic quality about them that is attractive to others and seems effortless.
This woman has presence, an authentic confidence that is based in being in touch with the feminine.
It does not matter what age, shape, size you are, when you finally step fully into your feminine power your life will never be the same. And the way people respond to you will also change .
They will respond to your radiance and when you walk into a room you light it up – your radiance comes from your very being and people will notice you, you will be seen and heard in a different way because you have something to share with others that holds value.
And when you hold your light naturally, you also give others permission to share their light too.
We as women create a sacred space by the quality of our presence by who we dare to be with each other, not by external surroundings.
When you are naturally powerful and feminine, you naturally encourage others to be all of themselves in a way that makes them feel comfortable, rather than intimidated. The world needs more women like this.
The women Maria has worked with and trained with, have reported this work having a deep impact in their lives and how they are seen, heard and are an inspiration in their own lives and how they show up in business and life as well as mothers, wives, girlfriends and lovers.
You can find out more about this and meet Maria at the upcoming Northern Beaches Embrace Life Festival on Sunday 29 November hosting a workshop, An Introduction to ‘The Art of Feminine Presence & Womb Wisdom’ at 12 noon.
Tomorrow with the beautiful new moon energy of Scorpio, the sign of deep, personal transformation we will begin our first day of the 7 Day Chakra Experience: Expanding into Gratitude.
If you want to join us, please register below:
Here is a short introduction on the Chakra system, and what to expect from the experience however, you will need to register to get the full benefits of our 7 day focus.
Introducing the Chakra System
As you set an intention and interact with all the wonderful material provided you might find yourself wondering: What is a Chakra? And how does focusing on this, expand my state of Gratitude?
Chakras are our energy centers and vital channel of our life-force current. They project outward to and through the universe. Chakra is a Sanskrit word and it means “Wheel” or “Vortex”. Each Chakra is like a vortex of energy interpenetrating the physical body, in the same way that a magnetic field can interpenetrate the physical body.
Chakras are associated with our physical, mental and emotional interactions. Their functions are to vitalize the physical body and to bring about the development of our self-consciousness. There are seven major chakras.
The base or root chakra (“muladhara”) is located at the base of your spine. The seventh chakra (crown or “sahasrara”) is located on the top of your head. The remaining chakras, (sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, and third eye) are aligned in sequence along your spine, neck, and skull.
The Chakras interact with the physical body through two major vehicles, the endocrine system and the nervous system. Each of the seven main Chakras discussed here are associated with one of the seven endocrine glands and also with a particular group of nerves called a plexus.
Chakras can hold stuck energy from old reactive patterns and fear, which may be blocking health, happiness and manifestation in specific ways. These blocks can stop the natural flow of your magnetic energy moving inward or outward. In the next 7 days, as we will work on each Chakra, we are re-focusing on our positive life force energy and re-balancing these energy centers.
As a result, we will move through any blocks and will facilitate the natural flow of abundant energy and universal synchronicity to your life, and we believe will be expanding our energy into one of the highest vibration – a state of grace and gratitude.
What will the 7 Day Experience provide?
During the week, you will be provided meditations, affirmations, practical tools and a range of different sources that you can dip into or immerse yourself in the areas you feel you need to focus on. These meditations will enable you to move beyond the mind chatter and access a stillness that we all have within.
A Facebook online event page has also been created as part of the overall experience.
This is so you can connect with each other and share experiences, we recommend you join this today, surrounding yourselves with other people who are focusing on the same intent will heighten your experience as well as tap into each other’s wisdom and knowledge through our daily exchange.
Holding this awareness, focus and a daily practice will also allow your body, mind and spirit to relax into your true essence, into the present moment and where we believe the vibration of Gratitude resides within us all.
Once you register, what is the next step?
Starting from tomorrow, you will receive an email each morning which will include information regarding each Chakra, for example their physical and emotional associations as well as what it governs. We’ll also share with you meditations, energetic exercises, affirmations, food suggestions, crystals and essential oils that can help to balance each Chakra.
Don’t worry if you are reading this and have missed out registering from day 1, you can still join the Facebook page and once we receive your details, we can send you the previous material, so you can always access it.
There will be heaps of great information and fun exercises for you to try! So please share this email with your friends & family and invite them to sign up! Only those who signed up will receive these daily goodies!
And that’s not all!
As you know, we all are about Gratitude, and love to give to our community. So at the end of this 7 Day Experience, we will be announcing our lucky draw winners. We have a lot to give way to the participants, and always with immense love and gratitude.
1 x Chakra Love Fest Package from Coastal Healer Valentina Mathias
3 x Gratitude Passes to our upcoming Northern Beaches festival
10 x One Set of Affirmation Cards from Intuitive Coach Sze Wing Yip
1 x Secret Surprise Draw Prize!
So we look forward to you joining us, enjoying the 7 Day Chakra Experience: Expanding Into Gratitude, and see you on the other side!
Do you remember who you were before they told you how it should be? Do you remember who you were before all the pain, all that doubt, all the clutter? Before you listened to the outside and swept aside your insides?
Do you remember who you were before you started carrying that weight?
The light might be slightly dim, but it’s there. The light – your truth, who you really are, your essence – is right there within you, but it needs you to do some letting go before it can start to shine brightly.
“The soul is covered by a thousand veils” Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi teacher
Shed those veils and you get to radiate your true magnificent self.
But how? And what veils?
A good place to start is to immerse yourself in quiet. The more you make time for periods of quiet contemplation and meditation, the more discerning you are about how you fill your time and the more you can tell whether you’re actually lighting your soul on fire, or numbing out and tuning out of you.
You become much more perceptive to clutter in your life. And here’s the best bit: the less tolerance you have for it.
So be choosy about what floods your ears, passes before your eyes, enters your psyche, fills your inbox, lines your bookshelf. Create space by saying yes to that which makes you soar, and no to everything else.
The more stillness you allow yourself, the more you can begin to notice how your mind gets carried away with thoughts and notions that don’t make you feel good. If that’s where your focus lies, Life will keep on giving you more of the same.
In the same way we need to address our physical clutter to bring in the new, we also need to recognise clutter when it’s ping-ponging in our minds so we can get rid of it. So that there’s room to hear Life’s subtle nudges. Those nudges don’t shout or carry on like your mind chatter does; they whisper to you, so get quiet.
But those obstacles you have in your life…
Those outer ‘obstacles’ we have in our lives are there to point us to our inner obstacles. It’s all divinely orchestrated to call us forth and grow. It’s not that we’re being tested (although it can feel like that at times!); it’s more an invitation to rise and ask what within us is holding us back.
What if we decide we want to see things differently so we can begin to bring more ease into our lives?
What have you been carrying and holding onto that you don’t want to carry forward into the rest of your life? What baggage (physical, mental, emotional) can you leave behind? What stories and patterns are you ready to let go of?
And what are you ready to usher in? What can you do to feel able to receive? How can you get out of your own way so you can welcome what comes your way?
Decluttering, healing (and reframing) old wounds, understanding your fears, cultivating sacred rituals, being present to guidance can all serve to expand and intensify your dance with Life. They will invite you in, on and off, as you make the choice to remember who you are.
When you step up to that higher perspective, there’s so much waiting to meet you. You elevate your life. The new can’t co-exist with the old. One has to go first. So let it go. And then just you wait.
I’ll be telling my own story, and exploring this in more depth, outlining actual steps you can take in an upcoming workshop at Embrace Life Festival – Northern Beaches. Plus I’ll be talking about the ONE thing that I believe is absolutely crucial for this kind of transformation.
Vanessa Teklenburg is a Radical Surrender Visionary and a Remember Revolutionary committed to empowering those who want to believe there’s more to Life than what’s out there, who yearn to reach their essential truth in a way that feels sublimely freeing, who wish to follow the divinely guided path of joy and resonance.
You can find her on Instagram and Facebook, and through her website.
We often talk about the benefits of gratitude however, what if you are finding it hard to find a time to reflect, to create a space in your busyness to be grateful?
You may be experiencing a sense of overwhelm, too many things happening at once and living in a state of confusion, not knowing what the main priority of your life is. Is it yourself, your work, your friends, your community? Or all of the above?
In the constant need to be doing, how can you possibly bring gratefulness into your life?
Do you feel you have any warmth left in you to bring home to your family, housemates and yourself? Or are you plain “out of juice”, walking in the door with nothing but emptiness, resentment, anger and stress wondering what life is all about?
Here are some examples of how your mood could be influencing the energy you are bringing into your life, and to your relationships.
Exhaustion is a dragging energy.
Overwhelm is a scattered energy.
Resentment puts out a dark heavy energy.
Disconnection can feel like a cold and icy energy.
Maybe you are not the only one in your home that feels like this, where is the love and who can give it?
Something needs to change, to bring in some love and positivity or else you may be living in an emotional desert of nothingness, disconnection, disappointment and aloneness. Where is the energy of the heart and love? Tug of wars with others becomes the norm, and how can you be in a state of gratitude when you are spending your energy elsewhere.
As a fellow human being and therapist, I am very aware of the need for balance in life, between work and play, interests, family, friends, relationships and home. I am also aware of the need for rest, relaxation and pleasure, so that I can bring my open heartedness home. It is not always easy!
Can you take responsibility for your part of in the co-creation of bringing positive energy into your home? Do you dare to take a journey inside to reevaluate your beliefs, issues and needs? What are your human limits and how can you change your energy and your life/home? Balance equals harmony!
And with this, in those times of balance, harmony – there will be moments of reflection, and if you choose you can grow a sense of gratitude.
So where to begin:
- Start your day with a positive loving intention
- Stay away from negativity and gossip
- Move your body and have fun! Swim, run, skip, stretch, roll or laugh.
- Body/mind exercises are a wonderful combination of grounding, breathing and moving energy and emotions. Express yourself openly!
- Create a pie chart so that you can see which parts of your life are out of balance. You may quickly see from this exercise what needs to change.
- If you are stuck with any emotions, ask yourself why? Become curious about yourself. Being out of sorts on a regular basis and suffering needs to be challenged. Remember there is light at the end of the tunnel.
By bringing the energy of love into your home, you are bringing in the most beautiful energy on the planet! It is warm, fuzzy and delightful, it ripples through and touches everything and everyone. It is like a flower blossoming, there is sweetness everywhere. What a true delight to live in this way, replenishing and rejuvenating, life is good. You really do matter!
To change your energy and your life, contact Leslee for a one on one session to take the journey to your Core (Heart) and bring YOUR heart to your home!
Leslee Hughes is one of the most senior members of Core Energetics in Australia. She is an experienced Body Mind Psychotherapist (Somatic Psychotherapist) who works in Sydney & the Central Coast of New South Wales NSW. Leslee is a Member of the Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia and a Clinical member of the Counsellor’s and Psychotherapists Association.
Leslee works one on one with individuals, couples, families and is able to do phone or Skype sessions.You can ring Leslee on 0407934499 or email mail@lesleehughes.com.au
Check out Leslee’s website for more details: www.lesleehughes.com.au
Neroli has a beautiful fragrance made of orange blossoms and is a wonderful essential oil to use if you want to remain in the present.
Known for its transformational effects on the mind, body and spirit it was a highly regarded oil used in Ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptian priests and priestesses used this oil to heal their body, mind, and spirit. It was also essential in helping combat the plague, relieve fever, and banish nervousness.
Neroli essential oil can bring you a sense of calm, joy and peace and has the magical properties of money and success.
So below is a wonderful complexion serum recipe you can create using this wonderful oil to nourish and tone your skin, restore vitality and with the added rose oil will heal any dry or red skin and lavender to soothe any irritation.
We often speak to remain in a state of gratitude you need to be present, so a great complexion serum for your mind, body and soul.
You will need:
1 x clean glass bottle
Carrier oil (half mixture of hazelnut oil and borage seed oil) – although, can also be replaced with jojoba
1 drop of lavender
2 drops of sandalwood
2 drops of rose otto
3 drops of neroli
How to prepare your serum blend:
Fill the bottle with hazelnut oil. Add the essential oils, cover and shake well. Fill the bottle with the remaining borage seed oil, cover, and agitate a second time.
To use, apply 3 to 4 drops to a moist cotton pad and wipe across your cleansed face.